amazon | Software Engineer | Interview Experience
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Interview Process
The interview consisted of multiple rounds focusing on different aspects of software engineering. The first round involved a coding exercise where the candidate was asked to implement a feature for Amazon Prime that pauses a video and displays the names of actors currently on screen. The second round included a coding challenge requiring the candidate to calculate the number of times a specific sequence of three consecutive items appeared in a sorted list of accesses. The third round tested object-oriented design skills through a log filter problem, similar to a simplified UNIX find command. The final round involved solving a problem where the candidate needed to select three different items from a list of products such that their total price did not exceed a specified value.
Technical Questions
- Coding: Implement a feature to pause a video and display actor names.
- Coding: Count occurrences of consecutive triplets in a sorted sequence.
- OOD: Design a log filter similar to a simplified UNIX find command.
- Coding: Find all combinations of three different products with a total price under a given limit.
Tips & Insights
Focus on understanding the requirements clearly before jumping into coding. Practice common data structures and algorithms, as well as object-oriented design principles, to prepare for similar technical interviews.